Leonid Stadnyk
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Leonid Stadnyk | |
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Леонід Стадник | |
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Born | Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk 5 August 1970 |
Died | 24 August 2014 | (aged 44)
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Height | 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in) |
Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk (Ukrainian: Леонід Степанович Стадник; 5 August 1970 – 24 August 2014) was a Ukrainian man who claimed to have stood at 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in),.
Death[]
Stadnyk died at the age of 44 on 24 August 2014 from a brain hemorrhage.[1]
See also[]
- List of tallest people
- Bao Xishun, the previous holder of tallest man Guinness title
- Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), the tallest man in history
- Sultan Kösen, the current tallest man in Guinness title
References[]
- ^ Will Stewart (27 August 2014). "World's 'tallest man' at 8ft dies age 45". Daily Mirror.
External links[]
- https://www.gq.com/story/lenoid-stadnyk-tallest-man-russia-200503?printable=true
- PHOTO from life of giant (in Russian)
- AP article
- San Clemente doctor gets to know giant, The Orange County Register
- Photo at Ukrainian country side, Photos in UemA
- "Ukrainian is world's tallest man". BBC News. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
- Guinness official record of Leonid Stadnyk's height, based on a measurement by the Ukrainian Book of Records.
Categories:
- 1969 births
- 2014 deaths
- People with gigantism
- People from Chudniv Raion
- Zhytomyr National Agroecological University alumni
- Ukrainian veterinarians